Timeline for The name for an assumption made for the sake of contradiction
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| Mar 29 at 10:09 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Stefan Kohl♦ | ||
| Jul 16, 2020 at 23:34 | comment | added | Benji | @NikWeaver Imagine trying to motivate a theory or definition, or even just proceeding through mathematical research. How often is the truth state of an assumption known? | |
| Jul 16, 2020 at 23:32 | history | edited | Benji | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 16, 2020 at 11:41 | comment | added | Nik Weaver | I thought the whole point of the question was to find a name for an assumption made for the sake of contradiction. | |
| Jun 19, 2020 at 22:28 | comment | added | Benji | @WillieWong Of course this is a valid tactic. That said, the whole point of this question is to pindown an acceptable adjective in such cases where such an adjective is desirable. | |
| Jun 19, 2020 at 14:48 | comment | added | Willie Wong | In this case, why not just label your assumption "Assumption A" at the beginning of the proof, and refer to it as "Assumption A" throughout the course of the argument? If you are going to mark it, might as well actually mark it. (People already do this for "positive" assumptions that they need to use repeatedly in the same paper.) | |
| Jun 17, 2020 at 5:17 | history | edited | Benji | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 17, 2020 at 5:10 | history | answered | Benji | CC BY-SA 4.0 |